Back of the Throat is a play written by Arab-American playwright Yussef El Guindi.
[3][4][5] It was performed in 2005 in Seattle,[2] in 2006 at The Flea Theater in New York City under direction of Jim Simpson,[6][7] and has also been produced in other locations, including Chicago,[8] Pasadena, California (Los Angeles area),[9][10] and London.
[3] The play is an approximately 75 minute one-act production, about a young Arab-American (Khaled) confined to his home by two government agents.
[9] The questioning of Khaled intensifies as the play progresses, with seemingly every item in his apartment a potential source of suspicion.
It is revealed that his girlfriend first reported him for seeming suspicious in light of recent "attacks" which have occurred.